In drama filmmaking the script editor’s services are used all the time to make film scripts better. The equivalent in documentary filmmaking is the Documentary Consultant who comes in at ideas stage (or sometimes during post-production) in order to help film-makers’...

Most documentaries that get made will never be seen by more than a handful of people. I know this because as both a documentary consultant and as an occasional film festival selector I see many turkeys. By turkey I mean boring, unstructured and ultimately unwatchable...

When there’s a problem with your documentary do you just give up or struggle through alone? Well help is at hand through the services of the often under-used documentary consultant. Whereas it’s common practice in drama film production to call in a script editor to...